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incite

See also: incité

English

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Etymology

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Middle French inciter, from Latin incitare (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citare (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of ciere (“to rouse, excite, call”).

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  • enPR: ĭn.sīt', IPA(key): /ɪnˈsaɪt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪt

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incite (third-person singular simple present incites, present participle inciting, simple past and past participle incited)

  1. (transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
    The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.
    incite people to violence
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French

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incite

  1. inflection of inciter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative
    2. first-person singular present subjunctive
    3. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

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incite

  1. inflection of incitar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Verb

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incite

  1. inflection of incitar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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